All Saints' Anglican Church

All Saints’ Church skate lending program.

What’s New

The All Saints’ church skate program  2025-26

All Saints’ church will resume skate and helmet lending on Saturday, December 6, 10 am to noon continuing through December, January and February. Groups  are also welcome to borrow quantities of skates for their special events by appointment at 519 253 8001 (the church office).

On Saturday , December 13, the new outdoor skating rink on city hall square will officially open starting at 11:00 am directly in front of city hall.

Skating will be free, seven days a week, weather conditions permitting with skateable ice even at temperatures a few degrees above 0c.   The All Saints’ lending team will be there that afternoon to give away its surplus of small skates , sizes youth 11,12,13, and 1,2,3,4.

Note: for any questions about the City-owned ice rink, please contact 311 or check out city information at https://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/recreation/Skating

About the Skate Program

We welcome the public to the church’s skate room on Saturday mornings from 10 am to noon from the first Saturday in December to the end of February.
Come to the doors on the south side of the complex, the doors facing city hall.
Borrowers will receive individual attention to ensure a good fit of a sharp pair of skates in a welcoming, inclusive environment thanks to our volunteers.

Children’s skate sizes 5 and up may be borrowed for the season but must be returned by the end of February. Adult skates will be loaned for shorter periods to accommodate as many skates as possible.

From six pairs of children’s skates in 2002 the collection now numbers in the hundreds in all sizes both in hockey and figure skate styles. In the 2024/24 season we loaned skates 1150 times! The skates are kept sharp with our new in-house sharpener. We constantly replenish the inventory with donations of skates from individuals and through purchases at thrift stores.

We need more large skates, mostly hockey skates.

We welcome borrowers to skate anywhere they can find ice. The city of Windsor Parks and Recreation department provides information on-line activewindsor.ca about where the rinks are located with times of use, costs and ice rink programming.

We welcome new volunteers to join our team on Saturday mornings. If interested, please stop by and introduce yourself on a Saturday morning during the skate lending period.

Groups in the past have included those from elementary and high schools, college and university groups, scouts,guides, birthday, family and corporate groups, and groups from faith,ethnic and indigenous communities. Arrangements are made over the telephone starting with the church office at 519 253 8001 Monday to Thursday mornings. The program coordinator will discuss your needs and arrange a date with you to come to the skate room to pick up skates and arrange a date for returning them.

To borrow our skates is free and we love to see you doing this for yourself and those in your care. But we do have some expenses. If you can leave us a donation (see below), that will help us keep up the work.

This will be the 24th year of giving to the community in this way.

Borrowers of Ice Skates from All Saints’ Church

We are pleased to have skates available for your special event. The rental is a gift to you.
We acquire skates from donors and through purchases of used skates. If you would like to make a cash donation for this purpose, you could:
1. Slip cash into our donation box on Saturday mornings December to February from 10 am to 12 noon.

2. Leave or send us a cheque made out to All Saints’ Church, 330 City Hall Square W. Windsor, ON N9A 1J3 marked “Skate program.”

3. E-transfer a donation to [email protected] marked “Skate program.” Our bank/credit union is WFCU.

A charitable receipt will be issued for an amount (over $20). Please include your full name, full address with postal code, phone number, and email address.

Thank you!